Subj : Shopping & Christmas was:
To   : Nancy Backus
From : Barry Martin
Date : Fri Jun 28 2019 08:38:00


Hi Nancy!

 BM> Well that things a little noisy around here!  Power dimmed twice -
 BM> UPSs chirping away.  I was downstairs refilling my coffee; didn't hear
 BM> anything.  Didn't even reset the clocks on the stove nor microwave.
 NB> So it wasn't until you went back up that you heard the
 NB> chirping.... just a quick glitch, I guess... :)

Well that was poorly phrased!!  Did hear the UPSs chirping, meant I 
didn't hear anything outside which possibly could have caused the 
outage.  Ended up was somwehere in town which caused about 1700 people 
to loose power for several hours.


 NB>>>> We always collected the empty stockings before going home...
 NB>>>> usually had a paper bag for the contents to be transported in... :)
 BM>>> Planning ahead so have the bags and don't end up with another one
 BM>>> which may not need.  ...Paper bags are usually handy to have extras,
 BM>>> it's those plastic bags!
 NB>>> These were often lunch bags... with the person's name written on
 NB>>> it... when put out, the stockings often were set in the bag, instead
 NB>>> of putting a nametag on the stocking... ;)
 BM>> "Brown bag gifts" are good!  And yes, one doesn't have to label
 BM>> everything.
 NB>> That way the bag was labeled instead of the stocking... so it made it
 NB>> easier to collect the stockings afterwards and not have things get
 NB>> mixed up.... :)
 BM> Yes, keeps things simple.
 NB> Exactly...  :)

A lot of times simple is better and easier.  ...Not to go too far and 
make everything simple: here's a stick - our Christmas tree!  
('Festivus', anyone?!)  If the stocking gets damaged somehow -- not a 
big deal as compared to something like the hand-crocheted ones 
Great-great-great-grandmother made.  A little sentimental as they were
the red-and-green trimmed stockings used for years....


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